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by Marsha Rakestraw As more schools recognize the importance of helping students master their emotional skills, as well as their academic skills, social emotional learning is becoming a mainstream part of the curriculum. Studies show… More

Finding accurate numbers about rates of species extinction has been difficult, in part because we still don’t know how many species live on Earth. We’re finding new ones all the time. A new study in… More

According to a new study published in the International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies (h/t to Alternet), Canadian schools that have longer-standing (three years or more) gay-straight alliances (GSAs) and/or anti-homophobic bullying policies… More

I have a confession. I’ve knowingly been contributing to the genocide of orangutans and the destruction of the rainforest. I’ve been supporting war, sweatshops, the pollution of our oceans, and the rise in global warming…. More

Image courtesy Sacca/Flickr. Tell me about the personal economic benefits of weatherizing my home or of driving less, and I’m likely to lose interest quickly. Tell me that taking those actions will cause less harm… More

Does humane education work? Does it change attitudes and behaviors and nurture more solutionaries? Where’s the evidence? Many of us can tell a plethora of humane education success stories from what we’ve witnessed ourselves, but… More

Image courtesy of Muffet via Creative Commons. Last summer during our Summer Institute for educators, one of the topics we discussed as a potential lesson for students was exploring the difference between affluence and affluenza…. More

A recent UK study evaluating the carbon footprint of 61 categories of food reveals that a switch to a vegetarian or vegan diet would dramatically reduce carbon emissions. Here’s an excerpt from a Science Daily… More